伊利诺伊州 Peoria 乙醇厂发现爆炸装置：5000多人疏散，装置已排除、厂区搜查持续至周六
美国伊利诺伊州 Peoria 市一家乙醇厂 11 月 13 日发现一枚爆炸装置，当地警方认定构成可信威胁，按一英里爆炸半径疏散 5000 多名居民与工人；拆弹人员当晚已把装置排除，但厂区搜查尚未完成，疏散令 14 日仍在执行，目前无人受伤、无人被捕。
据 Peoria 警察局局长 Brad Dixon 在 14 日凌晨的记者会上介绍，BioUrja Renewables 公司 13 日下午 1 时 08 分向警方报告收到炸弹威胁，警方约下午 2 时在厂区内找到一个可疑包裹。警方下午 6 时 45 分认定包裹构成可信威胁，划定一英里爆炸半径，并于晚 7 时 02 分发出疏散通知。晚 9 时 12 分，拆弹人员把该装置排除险情。
Peoria 市长 Rita Ali 13 日晚表示：「我们知道这是可信威胁，我们知道这是一枚炸弹。」她说，目前尚不清楚厂区内是否还有其他装置。Dixon 表示，这类炸弹威胁在美国并不少见、通常并不属实，但这一次不是恶作剧；涉事厂区面积很大，彻底搜查尚未完成，疏散令在搜查结束前不会解除。
联邦调查局（FBI）Springfield 分局主管特工 Ryan Presley 表示，联邦探员应 Peoria 警方请求到场协助，并与多家执法机构共同调查，将全力查明放置装置者的身份。Peoria 消防局、Peoria 县警长办公室与伊利诺伊州州务卿办公室也参与了处置。
疏散范围覆盖 Peoria 与 East Peoria 两市伊利诺伊河两岸一英里半径内的居民区与商业区。当局在 Peoria 的 Manual Academy 与 East Peoria 的 EastSide Centre 体育中心设立了安置点，Manual Academy 至 14 日凌晨约有 75 人留宿。警方预计疏散将持续至 14 日下午，并计划在周六中午前后再次向媒体通报。
BioUrja Renewables 的这家工厂位于 Peoria 市区伊利诺伊河畔的 Edmund Street，原为 Archer Daniels Midland（ADM）所有，BioUrja 于 2021 年底购入，生产用于饮料、消毒剂与黏合剂的乙醇。
（来源：Peoria警察局）
资料引用：CNN
Bomb Found at Peoria, Illinois Ethanol Plant: More Than 5,000 Evacuated, Device Rendered Safe as Search Continues Into Saturday
An explosive device was found on November 13 at an ethanol plant in Peoria, Illinois, where police judged it a credible threat and evacuated more than 5,000 residents and workers within a one-mile blast radius; bomb technicians rendered the device safe that night, but the search of the plant had not been completed and the evacuation order remained in effect on November 14, with no injuries and no arrests reported so far.
Peoria Police Chief Brad Dixon said at a news conference early on November 14 that BioUrja Renewables notified police of a bomb threat at 1:08 p.m. on November 13, and officers located a suspicious package at the plant at about 2 p.m. Police determined at 6:45 p.m. that the package was a credible threat, set a one-mile blast radius and sent evacuation notifications at 7:02 p.m. Bomb technicians rendered the device safe at 9:12 p.m.
Peoria Mayor Rita Ali said late on November 13: "We know it's a credible threat. We know it's a bomb." She said it was not yet known whether there were other devices at the plant. Dixon said bomb threats are not uncommon in the United States and usually turn out to be illegitimate, but this one was not a hoax; the facility is large, the exhaustive search had not been completed, and the evacuation order would stay in place until it was.
Ryan Presley, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Springfield office, said federal agents were asked to assist Peoria police and were working alongside multiple law enforcement agencies, and that investigators would work to identify the person responsible. The Peoria Fire Department, the Peoria County Sheriff's Department and the Illinois Secretary of State's office also took part in the response.
The evacuation covered residential and commercial areas within one mile of the plant on both sides of the Illinois River, in Peoria and East Peoria. Shelters were set up at Manual Academy in Peoria and the EastSide Centre sports complex in East Peoria, with about 75 people staying at Manual Academy as of early November 14. Police expected evacuations to continue into Saturday afternoon and planned another media update around noon on Saturday.
The BioUrja Renewables plant, on Edmund Street along the Illinois River in Peoria, was formerly owned by Archer Daniels Midland (ADM); BioUrja bought it in late 2021. It produces ethanol used in beverages, hand sanitizers and adhesives.
(Source: Peoria Police Department)
Reference: CNN
来源：Peoria警察局
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图片来源：图：伊利诺伊河畔的 Peoria 市区（资料图），事发乙醇厂位于该市河畔工业区。Scott Tranchitella 摄，CC BY-SA 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Downtown Peoria on the Illinois River (file photo); the ethanol plant is in the city's riverfront industrial area. By Scott Tranchitella, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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